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Pain assessment in people with dementia
(Elsevier, 2017-09)
This chapter is concerned with the recognition of pain in people with dementia and aims to provide a balanced presentation of the evidence available. This chapter will examine issues relating to the British national ...
Ketamine augmentation of electroconvulsive therapy to improve neuropsychological and clinical outcomes in depression (Ketamine-ECT): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial
(2017)
Background The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is limited by concerns about its cognitive adverse effects. Preliminary evidence suggests that administering the glutamate antagonist ketamine with ECT might alleviate ...
Long-term antidepressant treatment for negative symptoms in schizophrenia: The actions study
(2017)
Background: The negative symptoms of schizophrenia represent defcien-cies in emotional responsiveness, motivation and socialization that tend to be persistent despite standard antipsychotic treatment. Two sub-domains of ...
Panic symptoms in transient loss of consciousness: Frequency and diagnostic value in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, epilepsy and syncope
(2017)
Purpose Previous studies suggest that ictal panic symptoms are common in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). This study investigates the frequency of panic symptoms in PNES and if panic symptoms, just ...
How cognitive behavioural therapy can help in the treatment of schizophrenia
(2017)
The perceptions and treatment of schizophrenia have changed radically in recent years. Today, alongside antipsychotic medications, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends the use of cognitive ...
The Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale for adolescents: Cross-Sample Validation of the Complete and Brief Versions
(2017)
This work presents psychometric analyses on the Early Memories of Warmth and Safeness Scale, which intends to evaluate the subjective perception of ones' early rearing experiences. Factor structure, measurement invariance, ...
The impact of shame, self-criticism and social rank on eating behaviours in overweight and obese women participating in a weight management programme
(2017)
Recent research has suggested that obesity is a stigmatised condition. Concerns with personal inferiority (social rank), shame and self-criticism may impact on weight management behaviours. The current study examined ...
Psychiatry and the geriatric syndromes: Creating constructive interfaces
(2017)
Integrating mental and physical healthcare is difficult to achieve because of professional and organisational barriers. Psychiatrists recognise the problems resulting from fragmentation of services and want continuity of ...
Amisulpride augmentation in clozapine-unresponsive schizophrenia (AMICUS): A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
(2017)
Background: When treatment-refractory schizophrenia shows an insufficient response to a trial of clozapine, clinicians commonly add a second antipsychotic, despite the lack of robust evidence to justify this practice. ...
Biopsychosocial Intervention for Stroke Carers (BISC): Protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT)
(2017)
Introduction: Reducing length of hospital stay for stroke survivors often creates a shift in the responsibility of care towards informal carers. Adjustment to the caregiving process is experienced by many carers as ...